Atlas of the Multiverse: The Lettered Earths

This Earth was the first divergence to actually be witnessed, it involved Johnny Quick of Earth-1 altering the origin of the JLA so that a Lawless League was created out of his friends.

"This Earth can be the most elusive of all for which to pin down any identifying traits. Indeed, it has never been shown by DC as a distinct Earth; it is only posited to exist because of inconsistencies created in comics edited by Murray Boltinoff, or written by Bob Haney or E. Nelson Bridwell. Mostly, these inconsistencies are found in issues of Brave and the Bold and World's Finest Comics."

"In fact, it is difficult to say which stories in those series did occur on Earth B, since most issues can be recognised as canonical tales of Earth One. Here are some possible identifying traits:"

"The Batman of Earth B began his career in World War II, at least shortly before D Day He teamed with Sgt. Rock in a crucial point of the conflict. Bruce Wayne had a brother named Thomas, whose existence was hidden from him until the 1970s, Batman continued his career without letup all the way through the Seventies, without marrying or seeming to age. His Catwoman, unlike that of Earth One, has no compunction against murdering and has done so at least once. Green Arrow, after losing his fortune to John Deleon (as on Earth One), apparently regained it to a large degree."

"These stories are but the tip of the iceberg, and any tale which conflicts irreconcilably with canonical "fact" in other stories can be assigned to Earth B. It is probable that Earth B did not survive the Crisis; it may be the Earth on which DC Challenge takes place."

Home to Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew. On this world fragments of a strange meteorite (set in motion by Starro the Conqueror) caused members of the dominate culture of sentient animals to gain superpowers and become the Zoo Crew (Alley-Kat-Abra, Captain Carrot, Fastback, Little Cheese, Pig-Iron, Rubberduck, Yankee Poodle). I know of no Post-Crisis appearances for this lot, but it world be nice to seem them as a cartoon that children of the DC universe watch. :)

Captain Carrot of Earth-C was originally a comic book artist who worked on a comic called the JLA (Just a Lot of Animals), this Earth is the settings for those comics.

This Earth can be used to explain the shift from that happened in the stories of Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman that happened after the Golden Age (Earth-Two) and before the Silver Age (Earth-One)

This is the future strange barren Earth created by Jack Kirby in Kamandi. Some hold that it is actually a future timeline of Earth-One and this can be reinforced by the connection to Superman in the post-crisis version.

"Earth S's designation is derived from Shazam, the ancient Egyptian wizard who gave the Marvel Family their powers, and whose name is invoked by Captain Marvel and several other members of the family to switch identities. Its heroes were depicted in Fawcett Comics from 1940 to 1953, with a few of Ibis's adventures appearing in Charlton's Danger and Adventure. "

"On Earth S, Shazam had battled evil with the powers given to him by gods even more ancient than the Greek pantheon, as The Champion, in 7,000 B.C. As the ages went past and Shazam grew older, he attempted to find a deputy to take his place and chose Teth Adam, whom he granted the powers of six Egyptian gods. But Teth Adam was corrupted by his power, and was renamed Black Adam by Shazam, who exiled him to the farthest reaches of the universe. It would be several millennia before Shazam would pass on his mighty powers anew."

"In 1940, Billy Batson, orphaned son of Merrill and Jocelyn Batson, gained the identity and powers of Captain Marvel from Shazam, who ended his own physical existence but maintained his identity as a spirit being by a mystic bracelet of Shazamium. Within three more years, Captain Marvel was joined by three Lieutenant Marvels, Captain Marvel, Jr., and Mary Marvel, his sister. In combined form, they were known as the Marvel Family."

"Captain Marvel was not the only hero whose powers stemmed from an Egyptian source; Earth S was also the home of Ibis the Invincible, a young Egyptian mage from ages past who had placed himself and his lover Taia in suspended animation until 1940, when they were both revived. Other costumed heroes on Earth S in the 40s, included Bulletman, Bulletgirl, Spy Smasher, Minute Man, Mr. Scarlet and Pinky, Radar and Commando Yank. Some, such as Master Man or the Hunchback, may not have survived the war."

"The Marvel Family's greatest nemesis, the Sivana Family, succeeded in placing them and a host of other heroes and friends in a bubble of Suspendium in late 1953, only to find themselves victimised by the substance as well. Propelled into space by a rocket ship, the entourage was held unaging and immobile for twenty years. Then the Suspendium was sufficiently melted for Captain Marvel to recover and, with the help of his two allies Mary and Captain Marvel, Jr., return their friends and the Sivanas safely to Earth S, to take up their lives and careers anew. Lex Luthor was accidentally catapulted into Earth S from Earth One in 1974 and teamed up with Mister Mind in a short lived attack on Captain Marvel. Later, the Marvel Family and six other Earth S heroes teamed with the Justice League and Justice Society to battle King Kull, who endangered their three Earths. 'Since 1985, Earth S has been merged with Earths One, Two, Four, and X in the new DC Earth."

"Earth S had several variant time lines, including one in which Earth had colonised the entire solar system by 1961 and another in which the world was ruled by the tyrant Zotan. Both of these futures and all the others depicted in the Faweett comics chronicles have to be regarded as changed or eliminated by the Crisis."

On this world the Nazi's won the Second World War. A group of heroes called the Freedom Fighters (Uncle Sam, Phantom Lady, Doll Man, etc) owned by the Quality Comics group crossed over from Earth-2 to battle the Nazi terror. The Nazi's were eventually defeated with the help of the Justice League and the Justice Society. in the post-crisis universe the Freedom Fighters were contemporaries of the JSA and members of the All-Star Squadron, the operated on the western coast of the USA so did not come into much contact with other mystery men. We have seen Phantom Lady II (trained by the original) and we are due to have a look at Uncle Sam in Alex Ross's upcoming mini-series.